Melanie Sykes

Melanie Sykes
Born
Melanie Ann Sykes

1970 (age 55–56)
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • radio presenter
Years active1995–2021
TelevisionToday with Des and Mel (2002–2006)
The Vault (2003–2004)
Let's Do Lunch (2011–2014)
Humble Pie (2015)
Spouses
(m. 2001; div. 2009)
Jack Cockings
(m. 2013; div. 2016)
Children2

Melanie Ann Sykes (born 1970) is an English former television and radio presenter. She is best known for co-hosting Today with Des and Mel with Des O'Connor and Let's Do Lunch with Gino D'Acampo. She also co-hosted Going Out with Alan Carr on BBC Radio 2 with Alan Carr from May 2010 until it ended in March 2012, and returned with him for Alan and Mel's Summer Escape from 2017 to 2020. Sykes co-presented Shop Well for Less alongside Joanna Page on BBC One.

She ended her career in the entertainment industry in 2021, following a comment from Celebrity MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace.